World Cup 1986 - Day Twelve

Wednesday 11 June 1986

Again ITV only had the second half of a game - Coronation Street obviously a lot more important then than now - and Mexico got the win they needed to top the group. A good game was taking place elsewhere as Paraguay and Belgium shared four goals - Belgium finished third in the table but were higher than the two third places so far - so were in the last 16.

And then, with bated breath, a nation watched England kick off at 11pm on the BBC - and watched as Gary Lineker destroyed Poland. A complete change of performance and England were in the last 16. Poland had done enough to join them and the group was surprisingly topped by Morocco, who sent home Portugal.


Group B:
Mexico 1 Iraq 0
Quirarte 54

Group B:
Paraguay 2 Belgium 2
Cabanas 50, 76; Vercauteren 30, Veyt 59

Group E:
England 3 Poland 0
Lineker 9, 14, 34

Group E:
Morocco 3 Portugal 1
Khairi 19, 26, Merry Krimau 62; Diamantino 80


Group B:
Mexico P3 W2 D1 L0 F4 A2 Pts 5 - +2
Paraguay P3 W1 D2 L0 F4 A3 Pts 4 - +1
Belgium P3 W1 D1 L1 F5 A5 Pts 3 - 0
Iraq P3 W0 D0 L3 F1 A4 Pts 0 - -3

Group F:
Morocco P3 W1 D2 L0 F3 A1 Pts 4 - +2
England P3 W1 D1 L1 F3 A1 Pts 3 - +2
Poland P3 W1 D1 L1 F1 A3 Pts 3 - -2
Portugal P3 W1 D0 L2 F2 A4 Pts 2 - -2


Golden Boot
4 - Elkjaer (Den), Altobelli (Ita)

3 - Valdano (Arg), Lineker (Eng)

2 - Quirarte (Mex), Khairi (Mor), Cabanas (Par), Yaremchuk (Sov), Allofs (WGer)

1 - Zidane (Alg),  Burruchaga (Arg), Maradona (Arg), Ruggeri (Arg), Claesen (Bel), Scifo (Bel), Vandenburgh (Bel), Vercauteren (Bel), Veyt (Bel), Socrates (Bra), Careca (Bra), Strakov (Bul), Getov (Bul), Laudrup (Den), Lerby (Den), J Olsen (Den), Papin (Fra), Fernandez (Fra), Rocheteau (Fra), Stopyra (Fra), Tigana (Fra), Esterhazy (Hun), Detari (Hun), Radhi (Irq), Flores (Mex), Romero (Mex), Sanchez (Mex), Merry Krimau (Mor), Clarke (NIre), Whiteside (NIre), Romero (Par), Diamantino (Por), Smolarek (Pol), Carlos Manuel (Por), Strachan (Sco), Park Chang-Sun (SKor), Kim Jong-Boo (SKor), Huh Jung-Moo (SKor), Choi Soon-Ho (SKor), Yakovenko (Sov), Aleinikov (Sov), Belanov (Sov), Blokhin (Sov), Rodionov (Sov), Rats (Sov), Zavarov (Sov), Butragueno (Spa), Salinas (Spa), Alzamendi (Uru), Voller (WGer), Own Goal




GAME OF THE DAY - ENGLAND V POLAND